These days WordPress has become one of the leading Content management Systems. And, a lot of developers are working & growing on this platform. Everyone wants to be on top, nobody wants to stay backwards in their position. But to be expert in any field including WordPress is not that easy as it is going to take a lot of time with a lot of energy and determination.

Now the first question that arises in your mind is how to become a top WordPress developer and what are the benefits of becoming top WordPress developer.

Now let’s break down the vital elements on becoming WordPress developer.

Make habit of reading

To become a professional WordPress developer you should know both theory and practical part of WordPress. At first, you need to start reading from theory part. If you are unable to manage time for reading; you can make time-table and you need to fix the time accordingly. You should fix the time and make habit of learning it for two hours a day in the morning time or evening time. By fixing time you need to make habit of learning it regularly

By fixing time you need to make habit of learning it regularly at the same time. If you have a desire to learn then nothing can disturb you. You just need to focus on your goal. While learning it you also need to select a topic and concentrate on a topic regularly. It is a complex program so you need to concentrate a lot to learn and understand the theory. If you are confused on some points you also can make proper notes on those points. Those notes will help you in the practical part.

Join WordPress Codex

To learn more about WordPress you should join WordPress Codex. It is a community which contains all material on WordPress with good technical information regarding interface and end-user perspective. This community will help you to initiate your learning from basic knowledge and then after proper knowledge of basics you can move forward to advance level.

Join WordPress University

You need to Join WordPress University as there are many good resources available. You may put some time and effort in using them. This will help you to become a top WordPress developer and when you start your education you also may get some challenges with masters and that can be different and more informative to your career. If you are a beginner, I would highly recommend looking for answers in sites like wpbeginner.com.

Update with technology

To be a top WP developer you must have good knowledge on technology as well as programming languages that are linked with WordPress. We highly recommend that you start by learning programming languages such as PHP/MYSQL beside your WordPress course. It doesn’t mean you can’t make a website on WordPress without having a programming language but understanding a language gives you a better grip. When it comes to building a complex mechanism or system on WordPress, having just a basic knowledge won’t work. So, we urge to learn at least PHP before diving into WP.

Start your homework

In order to put up your learning into the practice, you need to start creating your own WordPress sites. You should utilise your theoretical and practical learning in its site by yourself. This will surely help you to expand your knowledge.

Just look at how Nirmal site has been built. We have used WordPress on this website using builder. However, it’s not a simple theme installation stuff. We have customised it to meet our desired result. This is where your homework comes into action.

Top benefits of working on WordPress

Since you dropped in this post, you perhaps know one or two benefits about being a WordPress developer or else you wouldn’t have been here.

However, we will break down benefits for those looking for more.

High in demand

The demand for WordPress developer is very high and clients are ready to give good payment for the developers who are best in their field. If you look in just Sydney, the growth of WordPress developers has risen dramatically. More and more, clients want their system to be built on WP, most probably due to its user-friendly nature and flexibility.

Project Selection

When you become a top developer you can select a project by yourself and you have right to say “No” to the project that you are not willing to do. But as you can probably know it by now, project selection comes with experience. At a beginner level, you need to get as many websites as possible just to ensure you have the right portfolio. However, you should also know when to say “no.”

Capacity to outline the future

When you become a top developer you will have the capacity to outline the future of both WordPress and the network that is built around it.

Easy to Learn

If you want to work on web development, WordPress can be the easiest platform. I have seen many web designers who have moved to WordPress without having any skills on PHP and later learning PHP to grab more idea on complexity.

Offers more options

Being a developer opens the door for various other ventures. You don’t have to get stuck with clients. You can simply move to building themes and plugins to give you that extra bucks. If you are looking for ideas on building themes and plugins, go through this theme guide and plugin development guide. If you don’t want to take the hassle of making a website and selling it, there are markets like ThemeForest and code canyon that can help to sell your product.

Before you dive into WP, there are few areas to look at. Here are few of those:

Ajax

You can start learning Ajax from basics to Ajax plug-in development. Ajax can be very useful if you get familiar with it. You can get different resources Ajax through the internet.

APIs

To start your Journey on learning WordPress will be good with WordPress APIS. You just need to look for related tutorial and read all the information regarding all APIS

PHP Classes

You can find many resources and tutorials of PHP online. You can also take online classes and programs organised by Professionals and get some basic project and start working on it.

Lastly, to be on the top you should focus on your goal and never stop learning. I hope this article will help you to be a top WP developer.If you are looking for a service in WordPress, please Contact us.